EP1276603B1 - Procede et dispositif de fabrication d'un profile composite forme de matiere organique thermoplastique renforcee par des fibres de renforcement - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif de fabrication d'un profile composite forme de matiere organique thermoplastique renforcee par des fibres de renforcement Download PDF

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EP1276603B1
EP1276603B1 EP01929695A EP01929695A EP1276603B1 EP 1276603 B1 EP1276603 B1 EP 1276603B1 EP 01929695 A EP01929695 A EP 01929695A EP 01929695 A EP01929695 A EP 01929695A EP 1276603 B1 EP1276603 B1 EP 1276603B1
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Philippe Boissonnat
Edward Cooper
Guy Zanella
Rémi Carel
Philippe Macquart
Thierry Gay
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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    • B29B—PREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BE SHAPED; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIAL CONTAINING PLASTICS
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    • B29B15/12—Coating or impregnating independently of the moulding or shaping step of reinforcements of indefinite length
    • B29B15/122—Coating or impregnating independently of the moulding or shaping step of reinforcements of indefinite length with a matrix in liquid form, e.g. as melt, solution or latex
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C48/00—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C48/03—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor characterised by the shape of the extruded material at extrusion
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C48/00—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C48/15—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. extrusion moulding around inserts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C70/00—Shaping composites, i.e. plastics material comprising reinforcements, fillers or preformed parts, e.g. inserts
    • B29C70/04—Shaping composites, i.e. plastics material comprising reinforcements, fillers or preformed parts, e.g. inserts comprising reinforcements only, e.g. self-reinforcing plastics
    • B29C70/28—Shaping operations therefor
    • B29C70/40—Shaping or impregnating by compression not applied
    • B29C70/50—Shaping or impregnating by compression not applied for producing articles of indefinite length, e.g. prepregs, sheet moulding compounds [SMC] or cross moulding compounds [XMC]

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  • the invention relates to the manufacture of a composite profile based on thermoplastic organic material reinforced with reinforcing fibers.
  • plastic articles In an effort to lighten a variety of products, it is common to manufacture plastic articles instead of denser materials, the plastic being intrinsically reinforced including fiber reinforcements to maintain the strength of the product.
  • reinforcements comprising short fibers mixed directly with the plastic material, or introduced in the form of composite materials such as granules comprising the reinforcements in a resin or plastic matrix.
  • These short fibers do not allow to achieve all types of reinforcements desired, especially to increase the flexural strength of articles in a direction of a certain extent.
  • Patent application FR 2 516 441 discloses a process for manufacturing thin sections comprising unidirectional continuous glass fibers embedded in a thermoplastic resin.
  • a disadvantage in this process is to introduce, for a homogeneous impregnation of the fibers by the thermoplastic material, the step of separating the fibers. This requires a specific device using several rollers, whose number and arrangement to ensure the proper winding angle of the web on them are determined by the degree of bonding of the fibers together.
  • thermoplastic material it is sometimes necessary when the degree of bonding is too important to provide additional heating means to the rollers. Therefore, the possibility of not perfectly separating all the fibers to then allow a coating thereof with thermoplastic material exists.
  • the process uses for impregnation a bath of thermoplastic material which must be maintained at a constant level and whose dispersion is in constant circulation to ensure impregnation as constant as possible.
  • this bath are important and heavy to manage on a production line; these are elements such as a pump for sending liquid, a weir for the establishment of a constant level, a tank of storage for the overflow, a stirring device for the homogeneity of the contents of the bath, these elements involving regular cleaning.
  • the shaping device consists of a lower roller provided with a groove in which the web and an upper roll for pressing the web.
  • This method is further limited to the production of thin sections and offers little freedom as to the design of the section of the profile, especially if it is desired to adjust the amount of plastic material in certain portions of the profiled section.
  • thermoplastic organic composite composite reinforced with reinforcing fibers as claimed in claim 1, which is easy and fast to use, as well as economically on an industrial level.
  • the invention proposes, thanks to this product process, being in the form of a profile consisting of at least one ribbon of continuous reinforcement filaments arranged in a substantially parallel manner and contiguous with one another and secured to one another by a first thermoplastic material and on the other hand at least one second plastic material in intimate contact with said ribbon (s).
  • a strip material which may be substantially flat, or affect a more complex sectional shape where each portion is comparable to a band.
  • the ribbon may be flexible, especially capable of being wound when the ribbon is substantially flat, or more or less rigid.
  • consolidation means that the glass fibers are impregnated with the first thermoplastic material so that the ribbon has a certain cohesion and integrity that makes it possible to handle it without damage.
  • the preliminary manufacture of a consolidated reinforcement guarantees the integration of the reinforcement in the desired shape and with the desired geometry in the profile, and the impregnation by the first thermoplastic material also guarantees a true connection of the reinforcement. reinforcement to the second thermoplastic or thermoplastics which constitutes (s) the body of the profile.
  • the ribbon is formed from continuous yarns comprising glass yarns and organic fibers of said first thermoplastic material
  • the yarns that are gathered consist of continuous filaments of glass and thermoplastic material mingled with each other.
  • the intimate structure of these yarns facilitates the impregnation of the glass fibers with the thermoplastic material, in particular it improves the homogeneity of the impregnation to form a consolidated tape itself very homogeneous.
  • At least one web is introduced into a first shaping device, while maintaining its temperature at a temperature of malleability of the first thermoplastic material, so as to obtain at least one tape constituted by the contiguous approximation of the wires. forming a transverse continuity.
  • the method comprises a step of unwinding reels of a continuous wire of glass filaments and thermoplastic material, and when gathering the son in sheet form, to regulate the tension of the son.
  • the son are rid of any static electricity before the passage of the sheet in the heating zone.
  • a ribbon is formed which is essentially flat or, on the contrary, shaped to a particular profile.
  • the ribbon is deformed during its introduction into the die which then acts as a second shaping device.
  • thermoplastic material which has been conditioned by an extrusion device is introduced into the die.
  • a thermoplastic material may in particular be a polyolefin or polyvinyl chloride.
  • the profile is cooled to fix its dimensional characteristics and appearance, and to deliver the finished profile.
  • the profile is cut at the end of the production line for storage.
  • the invention also comprises a device for implementing the method according to claim 11.
  • the device comprises heating means constituted by furnaces.
  • the assembly means of the device consist of a comb whose teeth allow a parallel alignment of the son in regular spaces.
  • an anti-static device is provided upstream of the heating means.
  • the impregnating device comprises three members which are arranged in a triangle and between which the web moves, the height of separation of the members being adapted to establish an appropriate pressure on the surface of the tablecloth.
  • the members may be heating and rotating cylinders, or heating and fixed bars.
  • each cylinder comprises a blade for scraping the molten thermoplastic deposited on the cylinder after passing the web.
  • the device comprises a first device for shaping at least one web so as to transform it into at least one ribbon.
  • the shaping device comprises a die, advantageously heating, and / or rollers between which the web of threads circulates.
  • a particular shaping device also ensures the centering of the ply and comprises a lower roller and an upper roller offset one above the other and rotating in opposite directions, the upper roller being of hyperboloid shape, the ply being concentrated. around the central axis of travel as it passes between the two rollers to deliver a ribbon having a contiguous association of the son against each other.
  • the device according to the invention comprises upstream of the die by which is formed the second thermoplastic material or this die itself comprises means for positioning and / or conformation of at least one ribbon for contacting with at least a second thermoplastic material.
  • the die comprises means for bringing the second molten thermoplastic material in contact with the ribbon by applying an overpressure.
  • an extruder provides at least a second molten thermoplastic material in said die.
  • the device comprises a device for cooling the profile, in particular by exposure to air or a cooling fluid, and / or by contact with members with cold or cooled surfaces, making it possible to freeze the second thermoplastic material (s) and / or the first thermoplastic material and to join the son together and form the final profile.
  • the device may comprise a calender of cooling, consisting in particular of two rotating cooling rollers which are arranged one above the other and are devoid of guiding edges, the calender thus conferring its final shape to the profile.
  • the device may comprise a cold or cooled die, generally of the same profile and of the same size as the first die receiving the ribbon and the second thermoplastic material or materials.
  • the device may comprise liquid projection means which make it possible to cool the scrolling profile.
  • the device 1 visible in Figure 1 allows the manufacture of a section 10 according to the invention which consists on the one hand of at least one ribbon of continuous reinforcement son arranged parallel and contiguous against each other and secured to one another by a first thermoplastic material and on the other hand at least a second plastic material in intimate contact with said ribbon (s).
  • Each yarn marketed by the company Vetrotex under the trademark TWINTEX® and manufactured according to the process described in patent EP 0 599 695, is constituted by glass filaments and filaments of a thermoplastic organic material, of the polyolefin or polyester type. , intimately intermingled with each other.
  • the manufacturing device 1 comprises, in the form of a line and upstream downstream, a creel 20 provided with a plurality of coils 2 constituted by winding of wire 11, a plate with eyelets 30, a device for regulating the tension of the yarns 40 a comb 50, an anti-static electricity device 60, a furnace 70, an impregnating device 80, a first shaping device 100, in particular a spinneret, a second shaping device, in particular a spinneret 200, an extruder 300, a spinneret calender 110, a cooling tank 120 and a crawler bench 130.
  • the creel 20 is intended to unwind the wire 11 of each coil 2. It may be of the unwinding type and consist of a frame provided with horizontal rotary axes 21 which each support a coil 2.
  • a spinning creel may be used, but this induces a twist on the wire which is not constant, ranging from one turn per 50 cm to one turn per 1 m, which has the effect of limiting minimum thickness of the finished tape, in particular by not being able to go below 0.3 mm for bobbins of thread 982 tex.
  • this twist can promote entanglement son running on the ribbon production line which would cause knots and / or son 11 not parallel and not stretched in the ribbon once formed.
  • the eyelet plate 30, also visible in Figure 2, is located in a vertical plane and parallel to the rotary axes 21 of the creel. It allows to group the son 11, which each pass through an eyelet 31 to be guided to the voltage regulator 40 at an angle adapted to the desired voltage.
  • the eyelets 31 are in a known manner ceramic material to prevent damage to the son during their passage through them.
  • the voltage regulating device 40 which is illustrated in FIG. 2 is associated with the eyelet plate 30. It comprises a series of cylindrical bars 41 arranged in staggered rows one above the other and on and under which the wires 11 traverse. from the eyelet plate 30 so as to draw identical sinusoids whose amplitude influences the tension of the son.
  • the bars are adjustable in height in order to be able to modify the amplitude of the sinusoids which, by its increase, imposes an additional tension to the son.
  • the bars are advantageously made of brass or ceramic material to limit the static electricity phenomena induced by the friction of the son.
  • a comb 50 whose teeth 51 group and parallel align the son 11 in a regular space to obtain a web 12 in the manner of son bundles.
  • an electrical device 60 used to annihilate any static electricity which could be charged the son 11 so as to avoid the expansion of said son that could otherwise cause their degradation in the furnace 70.
  • the oven 70 operates by hot air convection. It could just as well be an infrared oven.
  • the heating of the sheet 12 by passing through the furnace 70 takes place at a temperature such that, when it leaves the furnace, the sheet has a temperature sufficient to reach the melting temperature of the thermoplastic of the wires 11 so that the latter is melted , sticks and drowns in the glass filaments of the whole of the ply 12.
  • the oven 70 may consist of two successive furnaces: a first furnace, upstream of the second with respect to the direction of travel.
  • the first furnace has the function of heating the ply 12 as described above
  • the second furnace has the function of conditioning the ply at a lower temperature adapted to the introduction of the ply into the shaping device 100.
  • a revolving impregnating device 80 which flattens the sheet 12 so as to expel the air contained between the son, to distribute homogeneously over the width of the ply the molten thermoplastic, and to guarantee the total impregnation of the glass filaments with the thermoplastic.
  • the impregnating device 80 consists of three members arranged in a triangle between which the web 12 circulates.
  • the members may be constituted by fixed bars whose spacing is adjusted to adjust the pressure necessary for the operation. 'impregnation.
  • the bars can be heated to keep the thermoplastic at a malleable temperature without sticking to the surface of the bars.
  • the surface can be in a suitable material or be specifically treated.
  • the device 80 consists of three cylinders 81 parallel to each other and arranged in a triangle so as to have two lower cylinders and an upper cylinder. The rolls are heated and reach a temperature sufficient to maintain the thermoplastic of the web in a malleable state.
  • the cylinders 81 are rotatable, the lower ones rotating in the positive direction of travel direction F of the ply 12, while the upper one rotates in the opposite direction, the rotational speeds being identical and corresponding to that of travel of the ply.
  • the upper cylinder is adjustable in height to establish a sufficient pressure on the sheet 12 so as to ensure the impregnation of the glass by the thermoplastic.
  • the rolls 81 being in contact with the web quickly have on their surface the deposition of a film of thermoplastic material.
  • said cylinders each comprise a blade 82 which acts as a scraper with respect to their surface and whose role is at the same time to prevent the formation of parasitic windings of the glass filaments and to help the homogeneous distribution of the thermoplastic melted on the length of the ribbon.
  • this surplus makes it possible to complete the coating of the glass filaments which may be insufficiently coated.
  • the blades 82 are adjustable in inclination so as to optimize their efficiency.
  • thermoplastic material instead of using the blades 82, the three rolls are driven at a slightly lower rotational speed than the scroll of the web.
  • This solution requires not only the motorization of the cylinders 82 but also the establishment of a speed control mechanism.
  • a first shaping device 100 which may comprise a die with a calibrated section suitable for conforming to tablecloth in the shape and dimensions desired for the ribbon.
  • the orifice of the die may be substantially rectangular to form a flat ribbon, which may optionally be subsequently deformed, or of more complex shape to form a ribbon shaped according to a particular profile.
  • the orifice of the die is advantageously made in a removable part which is fixed on a fixed support, which allows easy cleaning and replacement.
  • the die is advantageously heated to maintain the shaping surfaces at a temperature close to the melting point or the malleable temperature of the thermoplastic of the web.
  • heating is used by one or more electric resistance heating belts enclosing one or more zones of the die.
  • FIG. 4 represents a first conformation device 100 consisting of a die.
  • the latter comprises a substantially cylindrical body 105 comprising a wide aperture 107 upstream, through which is introduced the web 12, a cavity 106 whose width is constant and whose height decreases to the desired thickness of the ribbon to be formed, and downstream, an outlet 108 through which the ribbon 13 formed.
  • a portion of the substantially cylindrical body 105 is disposed in a heating body 109.
  • the heating may in particular be provided by electrical resistances in the form of heating belts arranged around the heating body 109 and possibly around the substantially cylindrical body portion 105 which protrudes from the heating body 109.
  • the shaping device 100 may comprise rollers of various shapes between which the web of threads circulates. Although it is also possible to manufacture a ribbon shaped according to this variant, it is more particularly intended for producing a flat ribbon.
  • a device comprises, as illustrated in FIG. 5, a cylindrical lower roller 101 and a hyperboloid upper roller 102 slightly offset upstream with respect to the vertical of the lower roller, both rotating and heating to maintain the malleability temperature thermoplastic of the sheet 12.
  • the purpose of the device 100 is to transform the sheet 12 into a ribbon 13 of constant thickness constituted by the contiguous approximation of the wires 11 to to achieve a transverse continuity of said ribbon.
  • the device 100 concentrates the web around the central axis of the line to reduce its width which has been increased during its passage in the impregnating device 80, and the refocused with respect to the central axis of the line manufacturing method for guiding the ribbon suitably downstream to the calender 110.
  • the rotation in the opposite direction of the rollers 101 and 102 avoids, on the one hand, the drying of the thermoplastic material, and, on the other hand, its accumulation which could adversely affect the regularity of its distribution and consequently, the thickness of the ribbon.
  • the shaping device 200 is a die fed on the one hand by at least one ribbon 13 obtained as described above, and d on the other hand by a means 300, in particular an extruder known to those skilled in the art, which brings under pressure at least a second molten thermoplastic organic material 30.
  • Figure 6 shows a partially exploded section of the shaping device 200, shown in perspective. The cut is made perpendicularly to the plane of the ribbon 13, and in the direction of the ribbon 13. The exploded portion allows the means 300 to be seen to bring the thermoplastic material 30 and the path of the latter into the shaping device 200.
  • the shaping device 200 consists of an inlet 201 for a ribbon 13, introduced in the direction of the arrow F1, of an inlet 211 for the second thermoplastic material 30 introduced in the direction of the arrow F2.
  • the ribbon 13 runs in a cavity 202 to end in a cavity 203.
  • thermoplastic material 30 passes through channels 212, 213 located away from the cavity 202. These channels are intended to supply the cavity 203 with thermoplastic material through several sides.
  • the channels 212, 213 include narrowing 214, 215 for to open in channels 216, 217 with a lower section than the channels 212, 213. It is thus possible to create overpressures in the molten thermoplastic material 30.
  • the channels 216, 217 open into the cavity 203.
  • the latter cavity 203 is lined with walls 218, 219 consisting of inclined planes which lead to an outlet 204.
  • a convergent system is then obtained which makes it possible to bring the thermoplastic material 30 into contact with the strip 13.
  • the overpressure P applied makes it possible to create an intimate contact between the thermoplastic material 30 and the ribbon 13, while avoiding an upstream discharge of the thermoplastic material.
  • the cavity 203 may be designed so that thermoplastic material 30 converges homogeneously in all directions around the ribbon 13. To obtain this function, it is possible to use a frustoconical guide comprising inclined walls 219, 220 located around the cavity 202.
  • thermoplastic material 30 it is thus possible to direct the flow of thermoplastic material 30 in order to position a ribbon 13 in a desired configuration and thus obtain a profile 14 where the reinforcement is placed in a geometry defined according to the chosen applications.
  • the position of the extrusion device 300 shown here at the head of a square is in no way limiting: in fact it can be located in any position around the axis of travel of the ribbon 13.
  • the extruder 300 delivers thermoplastic material 30 in the axis of travel of the profile 14, 10 and where at least one ribbon 13 is provided in at least one direction and converges in the scroll axis 14, after having penetrated into the shaping device 200.
  • a device 110 is located downstream of the device 200 which guides the section 14, the cooling of which begins at the outlet of the die in contact with the air ambient, to specific cooling means in order to fix the dimensional characteristics of the profile and give it its final appearance to have a finished profile 10.
  • the device 110 cools the section 14 to fix the second thermoplastic material in him conferring a smooth surface appearance.
  • This device 110 may be a calender consisting of cylinders, optionally cooled by an internal circulation of water. More advantageously, it will be a cold die of the same profile and the same size as the hot die 100, its temperature being between room temperature and 200 ° C for example.
  • the final cooling of the ribbon is achieved by means of the cooling tank 120, in particular water, located after the calender 110 and in which the profile 14 passes during its travel.
  • the tank 120 may comprise means for projecting the cooling liquid onto the section 10.
  • the entire mass of the second thermoplastic material freezes, as well as the first thermoplastic to obtain the joining of the son together and the connection of fibrous reinforcements to the matrix of second thermoplastic material.
  • a crawler pulling bench 130 which constitutes in a known manner a drive means son and ribbon, exerting a tensile force along the line. It imposes the speed of unwinding and scrolling of the tablecloth then the ribbon.
  • the manufacturing device 1 may comprise in line termination a saw for cutting the profile so as to facilitate storage.
  • the start of the process is carried out first by pulling and manually feeding each wire 11 of the coils 2 to the draw bench 130 where each wire is then held pinched, all the son passing through the various devices described above. It is in this application example 35 rovings of composite yarn comêlé glass-polyester TWINTEX® mark whose overall as 860 tex comprises 65% by weight of glass. Polyester, especially polyethylene terephthalate, is then the first thermoplastic material.
  • the draw bench 130 is put into operation, the unwinding of the reels 2 begins.
  • the son 11 pass through the eyelets 31, then astride the bars in the device 40, and are gathered through the teeth of the comb 50 to form the output sheet 12 of parallel son.
  • the sheet 12 then meets the device 60 which eliminates any static electricity.
  • thermoplastic material reaches its melting temperature.
  • the heating cylinders of the device 80 which make it possible to laminate it by expelling air, and to evenly distribute the first thermoplastic material which thus covers the glass filaments. Note that the amount of thermoplastic material is not to be assayed since it is directly integrated into the raw material of the ribbon by its drawing with the glass filaments.
  • the temperature of the web reaches after passing through this device 80 a temperature of 260 to 270 ° C.
  • the web 12 passes between the rolls or through the die of the first shaping device 100 to turn it into a ribbon 13, shaped by tightening the son against each other and arranging them contiguously.
  • the ribbon After shaping, the ribbon has a temperature of 270 to 280 ° C.
  • a ribbon 13 enters the second shaping device 200 after a course that cools it somewhat, especially up to about 210 ° C.
  • Said device 200 is fed simultaneously with a second thermoplastic material 30.
  • the contact between the ribbon 13 and the second thermoplastic material 30 is at about 190 ° C to 200 ° C.
  • the profile 14 then passes between the cylinders of the cold radiator 110 which fixes its final shape by freezing the surface of the second thermoplastic material and by joining the wires together.
  • the profile 10 of the invention is obtained with a constant thickness and a smooth appearance.
  • the profile has a temperature of 100 ° C at the shell outlet.
  • the tested samples have a rectangular section 30 mm wide and 7.5 mm thick.
  • the reinforcing tape is approximately 18 mm wide and 1 mm thick. A wide face of the ribbon is located 1 mm from a first large face of the sample. The ribbon is thus covered with a second thermoplastic material with a thickness of about 5.5 mm on one side and 1 mm on the other side.
  • the ribbon is centered on the width of the profile, so surrounded on its width by about 11 mm by the second thermoplastic material.
  • the second thermoplastic material is a polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
  • the effect of the reinforcing ribbon leads to an increase of the elastic modulus of the order of 40%.
  • E profile 4800 ⁇ 100 MPa, an increase of the elastic modulus of about 80%.
  • a third series of samples was made with a profile of double thickness of the previous one is 15 mm, where two reinforcing tapes 1 mm thick and 18 mm wide were inserted.
  • the wide outer faces of the two ribbons are located 1 mm from the wide edge of the profile. There is therefore about 11 mm of plastic between the inner edges of the two ribbons.
  • the increase of the elastic modulus is almost a factor of 3 compared to PVC alone.
  • the tested samples have a rectangular section 13 mm wide and 3.7 mm thick, the reinforcing tape having a thickness of about 1 mm being always located about 1 mm from a first face of the sample .
  • the distance between supports is then 48 mm.
  • the module is of the order of 1000 MPa at 80 ° C and of the order of a few MPa at 120 ° C.
  • the module is greater than 2000 MPa at 80 ° C and of the order of 500 MPa at 120 ° C.
  • thermoplastic matrix and the reinforcement at room temperature as well as at elevated temperature.
  • plastic tubes for example made of polypropylene
  • tubular reinforcement is constituted a ribbon made from continuous yarns in which the thermoplastic material is advantageously polypropylene in the case of the example, the ribbon being wound along its axis of travel previously or concomitantly with its passage through the extrusion die.
  • the plastic material of the tube may advantageously be selected, treated or combined with another material to impart a particular appearance or feel, especially with an elastomer coating.
  • the method according to the invention can thus be applied to the production of rods, rails, tubes or pipes, roofing materials such as clapboard (shingles), poles.

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